I Feel So Unnecessary

Publisher: Crime Wave Press  (March 8, 2013) Formats: Print & eBook  380 pages * I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.     Synopsis:  Working Tokyo nightclubs is easy money for beautiful and troubled American Val Benson - until a client with a rather unusual hobby - painting the private parts of his female liaisons - reluctantly gives up a map to a stash of Japanese war loot and tempts his favourite girl into a dangerous treasure hunt.  The Congressman's daughter is not the only one interested in the map: yakuza, bent cops, human traffickers, rogue CIA agents and her father are hot on her trail, snapping at her high heels.  So begins the dark, epic journey of a new anti-hero of Asian Noir, a protagonist both ambiguous and courageous, and utterly unreliable. From comfort women and tomb-raiding in Japanese-occupied Burma to the murderous echoes of the Vietnam War, long forgotten crime...

Nook, Kindle, or Hardcover formats 240 pages Publisher: Silverhawk Books (May 2007) I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:   Airline Captain Frank Braden is being stalked by unknown assailants who must arrange his death to look like a suicide or an accident before a specific deadline. He is given the choice of following his assassins demands or forfeiting his wife's life. Braden must choose between doing what ought to be done or keeping his family alive by allowing a murderous and powerful Washington VIP to escape his past. Review: A fast paced read, I thought the author did a good job in describing action sequences. I felt as if I was experiencing what Frank was experiencing. There were some typos, however I didn't find them distracting.   I also liked how the author weaved in historical facts in with the plot. A nice debut novel. Rating:    Author Bio: A. F. Ebbers , a journalism graduate of ...